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Rural/Farm Life

LWolf

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7. We've got them, too, but I've found

Reply to jwirr (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:00 PM

Mar 2014

that hens prefer straw to chips or shavings, and seem to stay cleaner. Especially when the nest boxes stay FULL of straw. As the straw becomes thinner, the eggs get dirtier.

I don't actually buy straw; since I have horses, I fill the nest boxes with waste hay and the rest of the coop with shavings.

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If my dad was still alive I would ask him but here goes. We have chickens - layers. Because it is so [View all] jwirr Mar 2014 OP

Yes, we clean some of the eggs too fasttense Mar 2014 #1

Thank you. I will not be using bleach though. jwirr Mar 2014 #2

Contact your local extension service procon Mar 2014 #3

Thank you. Some of that will be very useful. jwirr Mar 2014 #4

Straw bedding...or at least, straw for nests. LWolf Mar 2014 #5

Yes, I remember that dad used straw. I think they use wood chips up here because they are so jwirr Mar 2014 #6

We've got them, too, but I've found LWolf Mar 2014 #7

i use shredded paper. it works for us. mopinko Apr 2014 #8